Sack-dispensing device



April 20,1926] 1,581,099

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Patented Apr. 20, 1926.

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ANDREW E. CARLSON .AND .ALBERT T. IVAGNSN, Gl? MNNEAFLS, MINNESTA.

SACKDSPENSNG DEVECE.

Application filed February 9, 1924.' Serial No. 691,629.

To all 'milio-m. t may concern Be it 1Known that we, ANnnnw E. Caissonand ALBERT T. MaeNUsQN, citizens oit the United States, residing atMinneapolis, in the county et Hennepin and State oi Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sack-Dispensing Devices,ofwhich the following is a specilication.

Gur invention relates to sack dispensing devices, and an object is toprovide a recepn tacle adapted to receive ioldedpaper sacks ot diiierentsizes and having` means constructed to retain the saclis in a pile insuch manner that they can be withdrawn one at a time by grasping thefolded bottom portieri thereo't'. An object in particular is to providea deviceof the character above stated which will be economical tomanufacture, durable in service, and in which the pile of sacks in thereceptacle is held upwardly by a spring-pressed follower so that thesacks may be pulled out one at a time at the same position in the deviceregardless et whether the receptacle is fully loaded or nearly empty.Another object is to provide a device of this character which` may bevery conveniently reloaded. The full objects and advantages of' ourinvention will appear in connection with the detailed description, andthe novel features of our inventive idea. will be particularly pointedout in the claim.v

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of ourdevice.

Fig. 2 is a view in vertical section. Fig. 3

is a View in vertical section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is aview in horizontal section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is anelevational view showing the device opened up for reloading.

The device in the embodiment shown in the drawings consists ot threereceptacles designated 10, 12, and 14. The receptacles and 12 arehorizontally disposed and are hinged together at the rear by hinges 16.The receptacle 14 is vertically disposed and is hinged at. the rear tothe receptacle 12 by hinges 18. The receptacle 10 has a bottom 20, thereceptacle 12 has a bottom 22 which normally constitutes a cover for therear portion et' the receptacle 10 while the receptacle 14 has a rearwall 24 and a lower end wall 26, the latter normally constituting acover for the rear por= tien of the receptacle 12. The receptacle 12 isshorter than the receptacle 10 and the wall 22 is shorter than thereceptacle 12. The receptacles contain followers 28, and 32 whichareurged away from the walls 20, and 24 by coiled springs 34, 36, and 38placed respectively between these walls and the followers. A rod 40entends across the top of the receptacle 10 near the front thereof; arod 42 extendsaeross the top o' the receptacle 12 near thetrontthereo'if, and a rod 44 extends across the receptacle 14 near thelower end thereof. rllhese rods which as shown may consist of rollersact as restraining members for piles otl sacks S, S and S2 placed in thereceptacles 10, 12 and 14, respectively. When the receptacles are empty,these rods prevent the ollowers coming out ci the receptacles at oneend. Pieces 46, 48 and 50 fastened to the other ends oit the receptaclesprevent the other ends oij' the followers coming out et the receptacles.'llhe receptacle 12 is normally helddown upon the receptacle 10 by acatch and the receptacle 14 is normallyv held down upon the receptacle12 by a catch 54. A cover 56 is attached to the upper end of thereceptacle 14 by hinges 58. rlhis cover vextends igor only the upperportion Vet the receptacle and is normally held closed by a catch 60.

lThe operation and advantages of our invention will now be obvious. Itit is desired to reload only the receptacle 14, then the cover 56 islifted and anew stack of sacks is inserted in the receptacle. If it isdesired to reload only the receptacle 12 then 'the receptacle 14 is,swung back on the hinges 18 into the dotted line position shown in Fig.5. It it is desired to reload the receptacle 10, then the receptacle 12is swung back on the hinges 16 carrying with it the receptacle 14. lt isobvious that by swinging the receptacles 12 and 14- one over the` otherboth et the receptacles 10 aud12 may be reloaded. In the reloadingoperation, the `folded bottoms et the sacks are placed underneath therods 40, 42 or 44 according to the particular receptacle. Thisdisposition of the sacks causes the told or `flap F oi the uppermostsack of the pile to be held in inclined position so that it may bereadily grasped for pulling this sack out without disturbing theremainder of the pile. llVhile the arrangement of three rei ceptaclesshown in the drawings is `considered convenient, it .is obvious that asingle receptacle having the springpressed follower may be used whendesired, and it will be understood further that` any desired number ofthe receptacles arranged in both vertical and horizontal rows may bebuilt into a cabinet and that sacks of various sizes may be placed inthe differentreceptacles. The sack dispensing device may be placed upona counter or may be hung upon the wall as desired. Y

We claim:

A sack dispensing` device comprising at least two horizontal y extendingreceptacles hingedly connected together at their adjacent rear edges oneabove the other, the upper one of said receptacles being shorter thanthe one underneath and having a bottom which constitutes a cover for therear portion of the.v underneath receptacle whereby a withdrawal openingfor sacks 20 is provided by the uncovered Vportion or said underneathreceptacle, a vertically eX- tending receptacle hingedly connected atits lower rear edge to the upper rear edge of said upper horizontalreceptacle and having a lower end which constitutes a cover for the rearportion of said horizontal receptacle whereby a withdrawal opening forsacks is provided by the uncovered portion of said upper receptacle, anda cover hinged to the front upper margin of said vertical receptacle andshorter than the latter-whereby ya withdrawal opening for sacls isprovided,

the vhinged connections ot' said receptacles permitting the latter to beplaced in such condition that they may be readily reloaded with sacks.

In testimony whereoi` we hereunto affix our signatures. M

' ANDREV E. CARLSON.

ALBERT lT. MAGNSO'N.

